Cleveland Clinic Found

Summary judgment race discrimination retaliation jury trial manifest weight of the evidence wrongful termination in violation of public policy. The court did not err in granting summary judgment to the defendant on employee's race discrimination and retaliation claims. The employee offered no evidence that he was fired because of his race or that he engaged in a protected activity. The jury verdict in favor of the defendant was supported by the weight of the evidence in the record. The employee offered no evidence that his termination was motivated by conduct related to public policy or that the defendant lacked a legitimate reason for the termination.

Racial discrimination disparate treatment disparate impact statistical evidence pretext. The trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiff's disparate-treatment-discrimination claim where the undisputed evidence showed that plaintiff was replaced by an individual from the same class, and plaintiff failed to show that a similarly situated comparator from a nonprotected class was treated more favorably. Trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiff's disparate-impact-discrimination claim where plaintiff failed to present significant statistical evidence of disparate effects caused by the adverse-employment action.